Why John McCain’s Granddaughter says ‘I’m With Her’

Caroline McCain, the granddaughter of former GOP presidential nominee John McCain, recently wrote a very public denunciation of the current Republican nominee, Donald Trump. Writing in Medium, where she works, Caroline McCain, she also came out in support of Trump rival Hillary Clinton:

July 18, 2015 — The day I became NeverTrump.

If you know me at all, you know I am a woman fiercely loyal to my friends and family. And so it was on July 18 when I already knew that I had enough reason to never vote for Trump.

Following a line of other right-wing wacko birds, Trump insulted a man I esteem and love, a man who has risked his life in service of his country. He insulted my grandfather and attacked the very qualities — loyalty, bravery and selflessness — that he and countless other POWs embody. He mocked the sacrifice many have given and the anguish families have endured when their heroes have suffered alone miles away.

My grandfather responded with grace and forgiveness — as only a man who was held in captivity for years can. But I’ve been nursing a grudge ever since. Trump’s statement, in my view, is unforgivable, and speaks to the kind of man he is: a coward who has never faced danger in his life, an insecure brat who shirked duty for comfort, and a man who is wholly unfit to serve as commander-in-chief.

Donald Trump lost my respect that day, and he can never gain it back.

But there are many, many more reasons why I cannot vote for him.

It didn’t take long for it to move beyond the personal, as week after week went by, and Donald Trump laid brick after brick in a wall of racist comments, lies, misogyny and ignorance that slowly climbed taller than the wall he promised to build ….

July 27, 2016 — The day I finally decided

I wanted a different candidate.I wanted a New American Century. I wanted an election with good ideas and good discourse. I wanted to win. But now I want my party to change. I want fresh leaders, of good character, in both parties. And I want Donald Trump to be humiliated in November and driven far from the political arena for the rest of his life.

So I’m not a Democrat — at least not yet. But this year, I’m With Her.

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I have a lot of family, that have served in the military since the founding of this country. I understand service to the country and what it is like to have family and friends, fight and die for freedom for the betterment of this country. Your grandfather did a great service to serve. A lot of people do not have the guts or courage to do so. But your grandfather lost a lot of support among Republicans in 2008 when he supported Pres. Bush’s initial phases of the BIG GOVERNMENT bailouts. He should have gave up his seat when he lost the 2008 election. He didn’t listen to the party or the American people, and opened the floodgates to democrats continued reckless spending. I never heard him apologize for letting everyone down.

He tried to act like he was “The Bigger Man” and a more “Responsible Senator” than Obama who never showed up to cast votes in the senate.